New role for ultrasound: Imaging lungs

Scientists once thought ultrasound would never be useful in looking at lung health. An expert explains how new advances are changing that.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Dec. 3, 2020 ~12 min

Imaging tech captures molecule ‘wobble’ in 3D

Called CHIDO, Mexican slang for "cool," the new technology takes imaging single molecules into the third dimension.

Bob Marcotte-U. Rochester • futurity
Oct. 23, 2020 ~8 min


6 feet may not keep musicians safe during the pandemic

A new study looks at the droplets musicians exhale on stage to figure out how to keep performers and audiences safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Oct. 8, 2020 ~8 min

6 feet may not keep musicians safe during the pandemic

A new study looks at the droplets musicians exhale on stage to figure out how to keep performers and audiences safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Oct. 8, 2020 ~8 min

Hyperspectral Stripe Projector creates 4D views

With the new Hyperspectral Stripe Projector, "we're getting four-dimensional information from an image, three spatial and one spectral, in real time."

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Oct. 2, 2020 ~7 min

New imaging agent zeroes in on lung inflammation

Doctors haven't had a good way to image early inflammation, but tests with mice suggest a new agent could improve things. It could even work on COVID-19.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Oct. 1, 2020 ~8 min

New imaging agent zeroes in on lung inflammation

Doctors haven't had a good way to image early inflammation, but tests with mice suggest a new agent could improve things. It could even work on COVID-19.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Oct. 1, 2020 ~8 min

Luminescent DNA tool makes cell forces visible

"It's extremely challenging to image the forces of a living cell at a high resolution." Scientists compare their luminescent DNA method to fireflies.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Sept. 30, 2020 ~7 min


‘Snapshot’ captures fast-acting drugs at work in brain

New research outlines a method of showing how fast-acting drugs affect the brain within minutes to hours of being taken.

Brown University • futurity
Sept. 2, 2020 ~5 min

Simpler ultrasound tech also costs way less

"Conventional ultrasound imaging probes can cost upward of $100,000... We can make ultrasound receiver-display units for $100 or so."

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Sept. 1, 2020 ~4 min

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